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    Deworming question?

    I'd do Ivermectin cause if they've got bots, they need them out. Wait 10-14 days and do that as you've already gotten a big load of worms out. I've done that on wormy mini horses I bought.
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    Dog Pack trouble

    That is one of the most horrible things ever. It's different if it's a wild animal, still bad, but just horrendous if it's a domestic dog. My husband and I both say you need some people there with 30-06 rifles and SHOOT TO KILL. Don't mess around with a .22, go for a rifle. I shot the neighbor's...
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    Can anyone recommend a good book on Donkeys

    Hi, Those two books are EXCELLENT. I recommend them to everyone. Miniature donkey talk magazine is pretty helpful too as is the Brayer thru ADMS. Marnie, can you email me privately? I'd like to know what you guys bought. I'd put a down payment on 3 donkeys in Nebraska, 2 of which went to that...
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    Do you have a home remedy for hotspots?

    I'd be interested to know what you guys are feeding your dogs. Some might be prone to getting hotspots anyway, but quite often, it's severe skin irritation from allergies also. Basically anything you see a commercial for or ad in a newspaper/mag. is junk! If you can buy it in a...
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    Cost???

    It's all gonna count on size, color, and who you buy from. If you buy from some average Joe in the paper, you could get a nice little jack for $400 probably, most likely will mature 33-34" minimum, gray, light brown or maybe a spot if you're lucky. A jenny for $600 for a foal, maybe $700 for a...
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    Breeding Miniature Donkeys

    I've had a fair number of donkeys, minis to mammoths, that are terrified of horses. I doubt those would want a stallion near them, especially if they aren't in a full blown "take me now!" heat. We've also bred quite a few jennets that are in heat ONE day and ONE day only. Just like women are...
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    Pasturing/keeping Jacks

    If kept away from the jennets, our jack is in a cattle panel (48" high) fence with a hotwire in the inside. If he's with his jennets, as he is now, he's happy as heck to be in a single strand hot wire. He ain't goin' nowhere! Some jacks are very docile and some are extremely aggressive. What...
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    Our First Donkey!

    She's a very attractive standard jennet! I'd say from that side shot, she appears to have very nice conformation. As long as she's not cowhocked in the rear (donks usually do tip in more than a horse should tho) and her legs are straight in front, she's a nice gal. The first sign of a fat donkey...
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    Triple Crown Lite???

    I'm using this right now for my donkeys, we just started with it as we hate Purina products for all species (wanna see goats get the poops? feed them Goat Chow!) and the only other feed available in 1 hour of us is Nutrena, which we were using, but have had major bug problems in and on it from...
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    Eau Claire sale

    I wasn't there, just checked in to see what people said about the sale yesterday. Sounds pretty sad. BUT, what I can say is I know exactly who you are talking about that was at that sale. He's had his license suspended for a killer as far as I know. We turned the SOB in this summer as we went by...
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    What color donkey is this?

    Take a look at my site, I've got a good variety of colors. Sweet Pea, we thought was a brown (chocolate) when born, but she's this beautiful slate gray with dark tan muzzle that's black around lips. She's very pretty. Bittersweet is a black NLP (No Light Points), not a real common color, as is...
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    DONKEY QUESTION

    My donks always start rubbing this time of year, there is one jennet that always looks like a baboon with her bare behind! No worms, cause I deworm every 8 weeks and no lice either. If you find it is lice, Ivermectin is the dewormer to use and dose again in 10 days to kill any new lice. That's...
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    Spotted Donkeys

    Corrine is right. But I wanted to add, that bl/wh spotted donks are not going to be the drastic bl/wh of a horse. The black is usually more subtle and almost dark brown. They aren't very common, especially in the minis (standards have a fair amount) and are pretty pricey.
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    Jack help

    A guess of mine is that if the little guy is only that old and already that aggressive in his breeding gestures, he may be aggressive when breeding jennets. He could change, but that's pretty intense behavior to turn on a handler at that age. I would definately have a muzzle around for breeding...
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    Chewing wood

    Yep, I agree with Corrine and Ashley. Donkeys simply love to chew and wood is a favorite. Honestly Donkeys are like puppies! Anything they can pick up and play with or chew on is a favorite past time. Mine are like little beavers in my barn and even starting to chew on the 4x6 posts it's built...
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    Jack help

    Wow, that's really not "cute" and very serious. How old is this jack? I'm guessing he's young and new to these "feelings" he's having. Simply put, jacks can be very aggressive. Just because he's a miniature is no excuse for him to try and mount a person. He'll weigh more than a person and can...
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    Need Advice on Breeding Rascal to My Mares

    Valentines was only 12 days ago, so maybe they just haven't cycled yet. I've had mini mares that have cycled most of winter, but seem to stop for Jan and/or Feb, so I'd just leave them until the whole cycle would have happened. If you're desperate, I know some breeders do use Lutalyse to bring...
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    Red Donkey

    we have 2 sorrel jacks, one deep red roan sorrel and one pink sorrel. Where are you from WI? Sorrels are beautiful and unusual. They are also the most expensive color aside from a true deep NLP black. Lazy N in Iowa breeds sorrels, Hickory Hills in Texas has nice stock and they have a bit...
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    Why do my donkeys

    Wonder how many times this topic comes up with new donkey owners!? I just checked in tonite, first time in awhile, and want to add too.... All of our babies are imprinted IMMEDIATELY (not all that intense b.s. with clippers, needles and such, but touching ALL over) and we handle and mess with...
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